Artist Interview

I first saw the colorful paintings of Susan Medyn when she emailed me about being on the Whimsicalpaintings.com website. I was instantly taken by her unique paintings brimming with imaginary animals lounging or romping in festive landscapes of pattern and color! Each painting seems to tell a story about the relationships of the animals to their surroundings. I love how they draw me in and make me look for the details such as the little birds in the trees or…

Click here to visit Sprout On-line Magazine. I’m thrilled to announce an interview and feature article in Sprout, the online magazine that is sure to inspire. It is issue 20 with a theme of “Wild – find your roots.” The magazine is filled with photos, poetry, essays and stories that will inspire, uplift your spirit and get you thinking about nature, growth and how you view the world! Amanda Fall, the editor and publisher of Sprout, interviewed me with some…

It’s been awhile since I’ve done an artist interview so I thought it was about time for another. In the past, I’ve interviewed artists Amy Komar, Miriam Badyrka, and Chris Ambrose and now I’d like to introduce Cindy Davis. As you know, I love whimsical, colorful art and that is what Cindy specializes in. I love her new flower series but I’ll let her explain more about that. Below is some of Cindy’s art and her interview. Enjoy! What is your name…

1. Where are you from? I reside in Garnet Valley, PA with my husband and two daughters. 2. How long have you been an artist? I started to enjoy sketching and my original medium, chalk pastels, when I was around 13. I mostly created art back then for family members. I discovered watecolors many years later and never went back! I’m primarily self-taught, but have taken classes in the past at a local arts center. I’ve been freelancing for 8…

I love reading about other artists and learning about their process and what makes them create the things they do. What inspires an artist to create and why they choose their medium are some of the things I’m interested in. I also like doing artist interviews when someone asks me for one. Recently I was interviewed by Anne Marie at whopple.com Anne Marie has devoted her website to featuring artist interviews. She says” Whopple is the place to highlight artists,…

MIRIAM BADYRKA I met Miriam Badyrka at the Talisman Gallery where I was showing my work in Portland, Oregon in 2000. We were both members of the gallery. Miriam, who I call Mimi (hope you don’t mind me saying that Mimi), creates really beautiful patterned paintings. There are colorful organic shapes and swirls and patterns that draw the viewer in but I will let her explain her work and process in the interview below. When I moved to Bend in…

Ya know how there are some people who you just relate to? You hear something they say or read something they wrote and you just feel a certain kinship with them? That’s how I felt when I first read Amy’s blog. Amy Komar is a Fairbanks, Alaska artist who I met last year online. Don’t ask me how I found her blog. But I did, I found myself there and spending a lot of time reading. I absolutely loved reading…

I love Lemon Blueberry Muffins but I’ll get to that in a moment. First I want to tell you about my Artist Interview. I was asked by Amy Komar, an Alaska artist who I met online, if I would do an Artist Interview for on her blog. I said Yes, I’d love to. It would be fun! We decided to trade interviews (I will be featuring Amy on my blog with her artist interview in the next couple weeks…so check…